October 23, 2025
Athens, GR 14 C
Expand search form
Blog

Judge sets bail for ICE-seized Utah violinist

Judge sets bail for ICE-seized Utah violinist

A judge in Colorado has set bail at $25,000 for John Shin to be set free, pending an immigration hearing. That is more than Shin earns in a year. Reporter Allison Sherry of CPR News has assembled the full facts of his case, and the justice system does not come out well.

Here’s the latest: Shin remains among the roughly 1,200 people inside the GEO detention facility picked up by ICE in recent months and weeks in the Trump administration’s promised crackdown on illegal immigration. Recent records show of the 1,256 people inside the facility on Aug. 17, 2025, 395 were “criminals” and 862 were not. It’s unclear how they would classify Shin’s case, given he had resolved and fulfilled the requirements of his impaired driving infraction in 2019.

Shin’s wife, Snow, traveled to Colorado on Tuesday for his hearing. Shin filed into the detention center courtroom in a red shirt with a dozen other immigration inmates at the facility. He didn’t make eye contact with a supporter in the back row and sat by himself at the defense table because his attorney telephoned in from Utah.

He waved off Korean interpreters because he speaks English. His family has started a GoFundMe to help pay his bond and legal fees.

The government argued that the family has had years to seek legal status for Shin, and just had not taken the steps even after knowing he had lost his DACA status.

“I’m still nervous,” Snow said, with her children nearby after the hearing. “This is just the beginning of the rest of our battles, but my attorneys keep telling me that he is the type of person that we want here. They were saying that he has such amazing support and has proven his character. And so I just really believe that good will overcome.”

Read Allison’s full report here. The facts are more complex thatn first appeared.

The post Judge sets bail for ICE-seized Utah violinist appeared first on Slippedisc.

Previous Article

If the Finn fits

Next Article

German boys’ choir drops Julian Wachner

You might be interested in …

Prom 16: Miller and Shostakovich

Prom 16: Miller and Shostakovich

PROM 16: Cassandra Miler, Shostakovich. Lawrence Power (viola); BBC Philharmonic / John Storgårds (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 31.07.2024 Cassandra Miller I cannot love without trembling (Viola Concerto, 2023)  Shostakovich Symphony No. 4 in C […]

Verona double-books Anna Netrebko

Verona double-books Anna Netrebko

The Russian soprano, generally isolated outside Italy, with sing Abigaille in Verdi’s Nabucco at the Arena di Verona this summer, followed by the title role in Aida. She will alternate the latter role with Marina […]

Colon mourns vital technical director

Colon mourns vital technical director

Enrique Bordolini, Technical Director of Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, died on Monday at 75. Bordolini’s remarkable career at Teatro Colón began in 1964. He was a master of stagecraft and theatrical lighting, serving as […]